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Harvard Style Guide: Journal articles

This guide explains how to use the Harvard Style. It includes a short tutorial.

Journal articles

In-Text-Citation:
  • Author(s) Last name (Year)
  • (Author(s) Last name, Year)
Example:
  • Tovey (2002) argues….
  • It has been argued (Tovey, 2002)….
Reference:

Author Last name, Initials. (Year) 'Article title', Journal Title, Volume(Issue), pp. page numbers.  

Example:

Tovey, H. (2002) 'Risk, morality, and the sociology of animals - reflections of the foot and mouth outbreak in Ireland', Irish Journal of Sociology, 11(1), pp. 23-42.

In-Text-Citation:
  • First author Last name and second author Last name (Year)
  • (First author Last name and second author Last name, Year)
Example:
  • Lopez and Rodriguez (2011) suggest that…..
  • It has been suggested (Lopez and Rodriguez, 2011)….
Reference:

First Author Last name, Initials and Second Author Last name, Initials. (Year) 'Article title', Journal Title, Volume(Issue), pp. page numbers.

Example:

Lopez, I. and Rodriguez, E. (2011) 'The Spanish model', New Left Review, 69(May/June), pp. 5 – 28.

In-Text-Citation:
  • First author Last name et al. (Year)
  • (First author Last name et al. Year)
Example:
  • Janssen et al. (1996) suggest….
  • It has been suggested (Janssen et al., 1996)….
Reference:

First Author's Last name, Initials. et al. (Year) 'Article title', Journal Title, Volume(Issue), pp. page numbers.  

Example:

Janssen, C. et al. (2014) 'The catch-22 of responsible luxury: effects of luxury product characteristics on consumers' perception of fit with corporate social responsibility', Journal of Business Ethics, 119(1), pp. 45-57.

In-Text-Citation:
  • Author(s) Last name (Year)
  • (Author(s) Last name, Year)
Example:
  • Hawke, Wadsworth and DeFries (2006) argue ….
  • Others have shown (Hawke, Wadsworth and DeFries, 2006).... 
Reference:

Author(s) Last name, Initials. (Year) ‘Article title’, Journal Title, Volume(Issue), pp. page numbers. Available at: URL (Accessed Day Month Year).

Example:

Hawke, J., Wadsworth, S., & DeFries, J. (2006) ‘Genetic influences on reading difficulties in boys and girls: the Colorado twin study’, Dyslexia, 12(1), pp. 21-29 . Available at: https://doi-org.ucd.idm.oclc.org/10.1002/dys.301 (Accessed 10 February 2009).

In-Text-Citation:
  • Author(s) Last name (Year)
  • (Author(s) Last name, Year)
Example:
  • Hawke, Wadsworth and DeFries (2006) argue ….
  • Others have shown (Hawke, Wadsworth and DeFries, 2006).... 
Reference:

Author(s) Last name, Initials. (Year) ‘Article title’, Journal Title (published online ahead of print Day Month). Available at: DOI/URL (Accessed Day Month Year).

Example:

Hawke, J., Wadsworth, S., & DeFries, J. (2006) ‘Genetic influences on reading difficulties in boys and girls: the Colorado twin study’, Dyslexia (published online ahead of print 24 September). Available at: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112098736/PDFSTART (Accessed 10 October 2006).


Note: In the absence of clear guidelines from the title "Cite Them Right", this is how UCD Library have interpreted online advice on referencing ahead of print journal publications.